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chromas writes:Consumer groups urge scrutiny of Google's Fitbit buyout in letter to antitrust regulators:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:You have to protect yourself.Light drinking may protect brain function:

Stock surge makes Tesla the world’s most valuable automakerFreeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/07/stock-surge-makes-tesla-the-worlds-most-valuable-automaker/:

takyon writes:Bizarre new planet is largest known rocky world, 40 times as massive as Earth

"exec" writes:Geologists identify deep-earth structures that may signal hidden metal lodes

takyon writes:Google Glass 3.0? Google acquires smart glasses maker North

martyb writes:WOW!On June 29th, I posted a story that shared our financial status and asked for the community's support. And did you ever! As noted in that story:

Freeman writes:Unscheduled fixes released for critical flaw in optional Windows codec

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/06/tesla-driver-blames-autopilot-for-crash-into-police-car/

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/small-isps-stunned-by-fcc-move-to-ban-huawei-zte-gear-during-pandemic/

NPC-131072 writes:From TechCrunch

"exec" writes:https://phys.org/news/2020-07-quantum-fluctuations-jiggle-human-scale.html

chromas writes:Indices of health under our feet

chromas writes:Ten Years Of The Sun In One Hour – Nasa Releases Mesmerising Space Film:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:'Ripple20' Bugs Impact Hundreds of Millions of Connected Devices:

MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for RandomFactor

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.iafrikan.com/2020/06/30/do-we-really-own-our-digital-possessions/

martyb writes:Mathematical noodling leads to new insights into an old fusion problem:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/06/foreign-adversaries-likely-to-exploit-critical-networking-bug-us-gov-says/

takyon writes:China Enacts Security Law, Asserting Control Over Hong Kong

Phoenix666 writes:A vaccine targeting aged cells mitigates metabolic disorders in obese mice:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/mercury-and-algal-blooms-poisoned-maya-reservoirs-at-tikal/

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Archaeologists in Turkey Have Uncovered a Mysterious Ancient Kingdom Lost in History:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys:

Freeman writes:Microsoft’s “new approach” to retail stores: Closing them forever:

chromas writes:Zuckerberg once wanted to sanction Trump. Then Facebook wrote rules that accommodated him.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Employers can't afford to ax mature workers, say researchers:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for nutherguy:New Executive Order Fights Credential Inflation In The Federal Workforce:

takyon writes:India bans TikTok, WeChat and dozens more Chinese apps

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:AWS Facial Recognition Platform Misidentified Over 100 Politicians As Criminals:

chromas writes:Benefits Of Exercise Could Be Passed Through Breast Milk, Says New Study

NPC-131072 writes:From The Guardian:

Freeman writes:https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/fcc-helps-charter-avoid-broadband-competition/

chromas writes:How hackers extorted $1.14m from a US university:

takyon writes:Security Expert Discovered Flaw in PS2 That Gives a Way to Play Any Game

takyon writes:EFF & Heavyweight Legal Team Will Defend Internet Archive's Digital Library Against Publishers

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Credit card skimmers are now being buried in image file metadata on e-commerce websites:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Microsoft releases Defender ATP for Linux:

[20200629_140251 UTC: Update 1: Encourage taking care of personal/local needs, first.]

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Nationwide Facial Recognition Ban Proposed By Lawmakers:

MrPlow writes:Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:New polymer easily captures gold extracted from e-waste:

t-3 writes:http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20200622052207

takyon writes:Super-Earths discovered orbiting nearby red dwarf

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for RandomFactor:Spacewalking astronaut loses mirror, newest space junk:

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:Apple's iOS 14 beta added a feature that reveals each time an application copies text from the clipboard. A recent article in Ars Technica brought renewed focus to an issue we previously reported in February. This story includes a list of apps from the researcher's blog post.TikTok and 53 other iOS apps still snoop your sensitive clipboard data:

An Anonymous Coward writes:http://www.righto.com/2020/06/die-shrink-how-intel-scaled-down-8086.html

RandomFactor writes:Researchers have developed a transgenic rice strain which lowers blood pressure in laboratory rats. Genes from unrelated organisms were artificially introduced into the rice to cause production of ten different blood pressure affecting peptides.

c0lo writes:yle.fi:

NotSanguine writes:John Brodkin over at Ars Technica is reporting on a House bill which would allocate USD$100 billion for high speed (100mb/sec or higher) fiber to the home (FTTH) infrastructure.The bill also addresses state laws blocking municipal and public/private broadband.From the article: